After a long period, NTT DoCoMo announced that it will launch new clamshell phones Panasonic P706ie and NEC N706ie on this Friday, August 15. The new Panasonic gives elegant looks and it targets consumers in search of mid-end featured phones.
The full list of specs that Panasonic P706ie includes looks like this: HSDPA connectivity for data transfer speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps, mobile TV capabilities, a 3 inch TFT internal display with 240 x 427 pixels and 262K colors, a small external 0.8 inch display with 96 x 25 pixels (good for quickly viewing incoming messages and calls), a large internal keypad (which includes dedicate keys for TV or email, a 2 Megapixel camera with auto focus and VGA video recording, advanced email capabilities (you can send and receive emails with attachments of up to 2MB), Instant Messaging, Web browser, pre-installed maps, bar-code reader, multi-tasking capabilities, voice dialing, calculator, alarm clock, USB and so on. The internal memory of P706ie is not known, but the handset supports both microSD and microSDHC cards of up to 8GB, so there won’t be any “storage space problem” if you buy an external card.
The new Panasonic phone comes in three color versions: silver, black and lavender. The retail price of P707ie has not been announced, but the handset should be commercially available starting August 15, offered by NTT DoCoMo under the name of FOMA P707ie.
The second model by NEC, the N706ie is equipped with 3″ 262,144 color TFT LCD internal display with 240 × 427 pixel and 1.6″ monochrome LCD external one with 96 × 84 pixels, 2 megapixel CMOS camera, microSD card slot. The handset provides 700 hours of standby time and 250 minutes of talk time. Measuring 105 × 49 × 16.6 mm and weighing 115 g, the N706ie you can get in 3 color variants: Chianti Red, Shell White and Truffle Brown.
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